Chapter 33: The Fruit of a Hundred-Year Plan

This question cannot be avoided. Everyone is worried. In the face of such a question, the master’s expression did not change at all. Instead, he snorted and said loudly, “Guilty people must accept punishment. This is an unchanging truth. In your village, aren’t there many people who go out to swindle for money? I can tell you clearly that all the swindlers in your village who have gone out to swindle have been caught. Those who have gone out to swindle and have returned to the village will still be punished. But this is not a matter of life and death, so there is no capital punishment, but there is still a living punishment, and they will still be imprisoned. You decide for yourself.”

As long as you don’t die, you’ll just go to prison. That means there is still hope. The country has many special and hidden prisons for holding special prisoners. Presumably, the people in this village should be held in those places. After all, there is too much secrecy involved.

Only the people outside were arrested. I thought of the past few years. How could Apo, who had a fierce look like a wolf, have been arrested?

At this time, the people of the Black Rock Miao Village were still conducting a so-called show of hands. I couldn’t help but ask my master in a low voice, “That A Bo, Master, the one I caught cheating, was also arrested?”

My master looked at me and shook his head. He said, “Because you were involved, I went to check it out. This person was not arrested, but two years ago, he committed suicide. At that time, he happened to be blocked in a small hotel, and he killed himself without hesitation. Very stubborn!”

He died? I only met that person briefly, and I didn’t expect that this young man with a fierce gaze would be so extreme.

The master continued, “I’m not sure which generation of his ancestors it was, but one of them was an old monster, so there was a reason for his stubbornness.”

He is actually a descendant of the old monsters? I really didn’t expect that, but I couldn’t help but ask, “At that time, when it was still a time of forbearance, was it appropriate to arrest people like this?”

“If they are not exposed, then it is possible to turn a blind eye. But if they are exposed, of course they will be arrested. The agreement at the time was that the people of the Miao village of Heiyan would live in peace and quiet. If they are caught cheating, we will naturally arrest them, and they will have nothing to say. And you, be careful not to be targeted by the old monsters. Although this village is isolated and it is difficult to contact the people outside, they have cooperated with that organization, so if you ask, you can still get news. Especially this time, all the old monsters should have ‘woken up’. The master whispered to me.

I was speechless. So my destiny is full of twists and turns. Even something that happened so long ago can become a cause for me. It seems that fate has never played a joke on me. It is serious about playing with me.

While I was talking to my master, the people in the village had already made a decision. Lie Zhou shouted to my master, “Master Jiang, we have made a decision. I will take the people of the village with me. I hope you can fulfill your promise and protect the heritage of the Black Miao people.”

The master said calmly, “You can go. The Hmu heritage will not be broken, and you will not be exterminated. As long as you stay in this land of China with peace of mind and no longer have any inappropriate thoughts, everything will be fine.”

Lie Zhou was also straightforward. He performed a unique Miao people’s ritual and left with his people. The troops automatically made way for the vast crowd to pass by. I also stood by the side of the road, relieved. A bloody battle was resolved in the blink of an eye, which always made me feel unreal.

Bu Zhou stopped when he passed me by and said to me, “Now I’m going to live near Ru Xue. I haven’t committed any crimes! But I’ve decided not to hate you, after all, you didn’t take the opportunity to take revenge on me just now. I’ll compete fairly with you for Ru Xue.”

He left after saying that. That was good. I didn’t know how to respond, after all, what happened between me and Ru Xue was not something that could be shared with others. But for someone like Bu Zhou, it was a kind of happiness. At least he could go ahead and like Ru Xue. Even if he didn’t get her in the end, it was better than me, who had cut off his own feelings.

“Lie Zhou, you traitor, you will pay the price.” At this moment, a voice came from the hillside, which was particularly harsh at this quiet moment.

The crowd stopped, and Lie Zhou also stopped. I turned around and looked back. At this time, several people ran down from the mountain and stood not far from the foot of the mountain, loudly scolding Lie Zhou.

Lie Zhou stood out and shouted back, “You people are always so high and mighty, and now you almost wiped out my Heiyan clan. What’s wrong with me, Lie Zhou, taking my people and leaving? We won’t be your pawns anymore. We’re leaving!”

After saying that, Lie Zhou left with his people without looking back. The few people dared not come down, but just stood on the hillside and yelled at them. I was already depressed, so I glanced at them and yelled, “Go back to the mountain. We will come up later. There’s no need to rush to your death, is there?”

The master looked at me approvingly. Obviously, it was not a pleasant thing to have these people making a racket in his ear.

We were outnumbered, and in the face of my unceremonious words, these people dared not refute. They angrily said, “You wait,” and then turned and ran, as fast as frightened rabbits.

Looking at them, I didn’t have any intention of laughing. This whole journey was just a ‘small appetizer’. I knew that the real battle would take place after we reached the mountain.

Over there, the people from the Black Rock Miao Village had already gone far away. With their departure, all grudges had been resolved. Even if Lie Zhou had brought people to encircle the Moon Weir Miao Village, no one would deliberately care at this moment.

After all, they are two different forces, and Lie Zhou is still controlled by those old monsters, so he has no choice but to do that.

The country has never been so cruel as to wipe out an entire clan. To leave a way out is the way that heaven has always done, and it is also the way that the ancestors have always said. The leaders of this country cannot possibly not understand this truth.

The grudges on this side have been resolved, but the great battle on the other side is about to begin. I glanced at the top of the mountain, but I still couldn’t control the slight tension in my heart.

Uncle Chen is already making pills here. These are Taoist pills that have a stimulating effect, but they are not as powerful as the pills I took that day. They are not drugs either, they are completely herbal, and the medicinal properties have been neutralized. It’s just that the formula is complicated, and some of the ingredients are quite precious, so they can’t be made in large quantities.

After all, everyone has been running around all night and is about to face the next battle. How can a tired army fight?

Of course, I had a share of the pills, and I took them without hesitation. It would take some time for the medicine to take effect, after all, it was not comparable to the pills I took that day.

The troops were left here by the master. He ordered the commander to surround the mountain tightly and execute anyone who went down the mountain, except for our people!

Faced with Master’s decision, the commander did not hesitate to carry it out. The next battle was probably not something that ordinary special forces could get involved in. Master said something that I didn’t quite understand.

He said that there are certain rules for certain levels of combat, and the army must not interfere. If these rules are broken, the consequences will be offending the entire hidden power of China!

I know what the hidden forces are. They are people who have inherited something, like me. My master is one of them.

What exactly are the rules? I have no idea, but I once heard some of them mentioned in Uncle Li’s office. It seems that they were rules set by some bigwigs, but I don’t know the specifics.

In Master’s words, it seems that even the organization cannot act outside the rules, and even some decisions of the state cannot be outside the rules. For example, in the case of the Miao village, we could only escalate the operation after our actions failed.

After setting up everything, Master gathered the men and said, “Let’s go, let’s go up the mountain.”

Everyone followed quietly. No one knew what they would face next, whether life or death, but since they had joined this department, they would have to face many unknown dangers. This was the realization of everyone who went up the mountain.

I rode beside my master and couldn’t help but say, “Master, you’re really amazing. You avoided a battle with just a few words. How did you know that Liezhou would surrender?”

“I’m amazing?” The master shook his head and said, “I’m never amazing. It’s always been our ancestors. After the great battle with the Black Rock Miao tribe, our ancestors laid down a strategy for the next few hundred years. I just happened to reap the fruits of this strategy.”

I was stunned. A strategy that began hundreds of years ago?